All schools and offices will be closed Friday, November 10, 2023 in observance of Veterans Day.
Snow White and her many dwarfs visited elementary schools today. Central office administration and staff distributed candy to students as they visited the schools. Fun was had by all! Click below to see more photos.
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Students in Mrs. Grant's kindergarten class at Clays Mill Elementary enjoyed a coding lesson with Mrs. Lewis today. Students had to code the mouse to find the cheese located on different Halloween pictures. Students enjoyed learning how to code the mouse and then even pretended to be robots themselves!
Mrs. Davis, Miss Vickie, Ms. Reid and Ms. Buster's class had fun making pumpkin masks and painting festive Halloween pumpkins.
After reading the book "Froggy's Halloween" in the library this week, kindergarteners made their own Halloween face masks.
Third graders in Mrs. Powell, Mr. Nunn, and Mrs. Harvey's class at Clays Mill explored modeling multiplication with groups of Smarties to relate to repeated addition and writing facts.
Report cards for the first nine weeks may be viewed on the Campus Portal. If you need assistance with the portal or need a paper copy of the report card, please contact your child's school.
Mrs. Green's class enjoyed learning about spiders in the library today. After reading the book "The Diary of a Spider", they used push pins to punch out a spider web on paper.
Clays Mill recently held a fall fundraiser. Briggs Crenshaw and Mehki Cross were awarded money as the two top sellers. Thanks to all who participated.
Today, October 10, 2023 is World Mental Health Day. This is a day to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters. It’s also a day to let people know that it’s okay to ask for help, no matter what you’re going through. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.
As a reminder, all schools and offices will be closed Monday, October 9, 2023 in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Students in Mrs. Grant's kindergarten class at Clays Mill Elementary ended their unit on apples with an apple tasting party! Students made homemade applesauce, tasted 4 types of apples, tasted apple jam, apple pie, apple Jack's, and drank apple juice. We loved Apple Week!
Virginia Farm to School Week will occur October 2-6, 2023.
The Crunch Heard ‘Round the Commonwealth increases awareness of Virginia farm to school programs. To celebrate the event, our schools in Halifax County as well as many others across Virginia will simultaneously take a bite out of a Virginia grown apple. Together, we will make some noise for farm to school programs! The “Crunch” is held during Virginia Farm to School Week each year. The Crunch will take place on Thursday, October 5, 2023.
Students in Mrs. Grant's Kindergarten class ended their unit on 2D shapes by making their own edible shapes! Students used pretzels as the sides and marshmallows as the vertices.
Too many absences can keep students from succeeding in school. If students miss 10% of the school year, they are considered chronically absent.
Thank you to the employees of Presto for the generous donation of school supplies. Presto also donated products to our schools. We appreciate the donation so much!
Thank you to the employees of Presto for the generous donation of school supplies. Presto also donated products to our schools. We appreciate the donation so much!
Thank you to the employees of Presto for the generous donation of school supplies.
Presto also donated products for use in the schools. We appreciate the donation so much!
Attendance Matters!
Did you know If a student is absent 10% or more of the school year, it is considered chronic absenteeism? Ten percent is 18 days per school year or an average of two days a month.
Students in Mrs. Martin’s 1st grade class at Clays Mill have been studying two dimensional shapes. They used pretzel sticks and mini marshmallows to create the shapes they had learned about plus they made some of their own. The students enjoyed this edible activity!
